Early Discourse Behavior: An Analysis of Children's Responses to Listener Feedback.

Wilcox, M. Jeanne; Webster, Elizabeth J.

Child Development, v51 n4 p1120-25 Dec 1980

Examined strategies used by infants when listener feedback indicated that their requests were not understood. Concluded that children in the early stages of language development have acquired at least rudimentary knowledge of appropriate conversational behavior. (Author/DB)